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US 11,684,529 B2Granted
Mattress cover sensor method
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsLuke Gibson, Keith R. Kubicek, James N. Hoffmaster, Timothy J. Receveur, Charles A. Lachenbruch
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Abstract
A patient support apparatus includes a cushion, a cover arranged over a top side of the cushion, and a sensor unit. The sensor unit is coupled to the cover and arranged to underlie a patient supported on the cover. The sensor unit includes a sensor configured to detect conditions near the interface of a patient's skin with the cover.
Claims20
A method of using a sensor with a mattress, the method comprising:
- providing a cushion, providing a cover having an upper portion overlying the cushion and configured to support a patient, the upper portion of the cover including a slit, providing a sensor unit including a sensor coupled to and proximate a base of a flexible mount which is configured to secure the sensor to the upper portion of the cover, the flexible mount having a retention portion and an elongated stem portion having a plurality of extensions, each of the extensions extending from first ends at opposite sides of said base to distal ends remote from said base, the stem portion having a length which extends beyond the extensions, and inserting the stem portion through the slit and underneath the upper portion of the cover so that the retention portion resides above the upper portion of the cover so as to prevent the sensor from being slid beneath the cover.
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